Budden Books

“It’s hard to head home without succumbing to nostalgia, standing where so many versions of yourself once stood,”
― Bryan Washington, Memorial

“You humans always think you’re destined for things, for tragedy or for greatness. Destiny is a myth. Destiny is the only myth. The gods choose nothing. You chose.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“He looked like a man who could survive a couple of flesh wounds, but then so had Achilles and Caesar.”
― Oyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister, the Serial Killer

“I wonder how much more can be taken. I wonder how much is left for us to lose.”
― Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed